Mississippi State University - Reveille Yearbook (Starkville, MS)

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Mississippi State University — we ' re ALL a part of it. As students, faculty, alum- ni or loyal MSU fans, we make up the greatest university in this state and perhaps in the Southeast. Mississippi State has grown from the small, agriculturally oriented college of 1878 to the major university boasting over 12,000 students of today. Every department, every organization is helping our reputation and respect for MSU to grow. Among these is Music Makers, contracting more and more top artists. They are soundly supported by the student body, as evidenced by thei r first full house this fall. Archeology is off into the horizon this summer with student and faculty representatives of MSU going to Israel for an excavation. The chemistry department expanded its staff, adding five new faculty members to its team, and has now quadrupled its number of majors since four years ago. It forges ahead in research and development, accompanied in progress by the departments of Agriculture and Engineering. MSU is said to be expanding her horizons. Of course, every university hopes to grow a little every year, but we feel that this has been an especially good year at State. Among the most visible and obvious changes this year were the completion of stadium expansion at Scott Field. More than 14,000 seats were added, bringing our seating capacity to over 40,000. These accomodate the dedicated State fans who journey from near and far, who can now See the Dawgs Bite at Nite under the new stadium lights. The Diamond Dawgs of ' 85 won the SEC Championship, the NCAA South I Regional Championship, and went on to the 1985 NCAA College World Series in Omaha, Nebraska, where they placed third in the nation. This year was a first for classes in the new Creative Arts Complex. Another first was a newly available major at MSU in Golfing. Aquaculture has earned MSU a bit of national attention this year as our freshwater shrimp project harvested a high yield of research information. Freshman enrollment was up this fall over previous years. Among our new Bulldogs is the No. 1 Freshman, Dr. Donald W. Zacharias. He is the fifteenth president of our great university, a title he assumed in the Fall of 1985. Dr. Zacharias believes our University should be seen as a university-on-the-move, fulfilling its responsibilities to MSU ' s stu- dent body as well as service to the local area, the state, and the nation. If the past is any indication of the future, look out — a New MSU is on the horizon!. 12 Opening Scott Norwood

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Scott Norwood TAMARA JONES KIM WALSH EDITORS CHRISTIE CARLISLE DEE MONTGOMERY STAFF 14 Features